What is reputation?

[Fluké]

Hello there. I hope people don't kill me for this thread :S ...

But what is reputation on this forum? and how does it work?

Is it when someone gives me kudos?

I just some reputation and I'm quite pleased

Thanks

[Violet]

Hello there. I hope people don't kill me for this thread

I iz Jihadist! I iz comin to killz youz!

But what is reputation on this forum? and how does it work?

Reputation is something that should be given to me if you have not already done so

More seriously...

reputation |ˌrepyəˈtā sh ən|
noun
the beliefs or opinions that are generally held about someone or something

That is exactly what it is here. The positive # in green (or negative # in red, or the grey 0) is your cumulative "reputation" on the forum Individuals give their specific reasons for the positive (or negative) rating they give you, and if people like Adrian and leo gave a girl the rep they know she deserves: She might be tied with Evie for most reputed member

Is it when someone gives me kudos?

Not at all. A kudos you give to a post. A reputation you give to the person who posts

I just some reputation and I'm quite pleased

Jihadist haz had enuff yer hapinez. Preparz ter diez!

[Eilonnwy]

To add to what Saerules wrote, a reputation is basically someone saying this is a cool person for various reasons. It helps us recognize and compliment some of the members who have something good to say and say it well. Typically, the more reputations you give, the more you get back.

For some it's a popularity contest, as noted above. Also giving a negative rep can result in a returned negative rep and things can really get wanky from there. Once we had a Christian who gave negative reps to all the atheists just for being atheists. I had fun (not really) cleaning up that mess.

While the reputation is about the person, the kudos are about the posts. If you want to easily say "Hey, that's an awesome post" without fluffing (See my Netiquette guide for details on that) you can give the thumbs up.

Eventually Adrian implemented a way to tally how many kudos a person gets, and that goes into the Top Members list, linked at the top of the page. As a result, it has turned into another popularity contest. Top posts works in a similar way, but instead of tallying kudos that a member gets, it tallies kudos that a post has received.

In the end, the repuatation and kudos system are great ways to give recognition to people who say great things, frivolous popularity contests aside.

[fr0d0]

Kudos for using the word "wanky" there

Yeah popularity contests... that's the big downside isn't it. Look at Sae - she's getting totally obsessive about it!

[Violet]

Kudos for using the word "wanky" there

Yeah popularity contests... that's the big downside isn't it. Look at Sae - she's getting totally obsessive about it!

Not really... I'm just a stat-number slut

(meaning I love to know my stats and numbers )

*disclaimer for those who don't know: when I say things like "geif me rep!", I'm (as is usual for me) being silly *

[fr0d0]

I didn't mean that seriously Sae. Maybe I needs to use moar smileys?!?

[Violet]

I didn't mean that seriously Sae. Maybe I needs to use moar smileys?!?

Yes, you do

Everyone needs to use more emoticons ^_^




Again, in seriousness... I don't actively attempt to raise my post count, reputation, kudos in a post, thread count, or any other count or number But, me being a number-stat slut, I greatly enjoy comparing and recomparing my stats to those of others ^_^

I really and honestly don't know what "popularity contest" you're talking about A contest implies competition... and i don't see anyone competing

[fr0d0]

your overuse of smileys leads me to conclude that you really are driven by competitiveness and are in actual fact making an all out assault on my weak testosterone goading it into action. I shall resist you evil feline!!!

[Minimalist]

I only learned the other day how to do "reputation."





I'm going to have to make it a point to sit down and do a few.

[Violet]

your overuse of smileys leads me to conclude that you really are driven by competitiveness and are in actual fact making an all out assault on my weak testosterone goading it into action. I shall resist you evil feline!!!

You can't resist this

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I only learned the other day how to do "reputation."





I'm going to have to make it a point to sit down and do a few.

Don't forget me!